Starting the "Lasts"

We are roughly 3 months out from our desert departure (yikes!), and the great goodbye tour has started.  First we are starting with some of our favorite places, and then unfortunately, as is the way of the Marine Corps we will have to say our farewells to friends.  But today we started with the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Mt. San Jacinto.  Its a place we have loved to come to escape the heat of the desert and have visited at least 6 or 7 times with various family members and by ourselves.  It's gorgeous, reminds us of Colorado and never fails to renew our love of the outdoors and bring us closer as a family.  Today we did about 4.2 miles with about a 500 ft elevation gain, followed by beers and an ice cream.  It was cloudy up top, and even sprinkled some rain on us for a few minutes (!) and the visibility into the basin was terrible from heat/smog/smoke.  But it was a beautiful day and it will always be a place we hold dear and think of fondly.  Bye tram!

 Heading up

 Top look out

 Round Valley meadow

 Heading down

 Mountain side looking up

Desert below